Luz María Rondón

Luz María Rondón (born March 29, 1933, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress and acting teacher.

Early life Rondón began her acting career in 1957, when she was 24.

Acting career She left acting in order to attend college, getting a bachelor's degree in teaching from the University of Puerto Rico. She also began raising a family, but tragedy soon arrived in her life: her youngest son, Carlos ("Carlitos"), was diagnosed by a doctor as having Leukemia. Carlitos soon died, an event that touched Rondón for the rest of her life (in 1987, she told a national newspaper, El Reportero, that, in her opinion, parents never recover (from a child's death) .

Carlitos' death inspired Rondón to return to the UPR, to study acting. Back at UPR, Rondón met Leopoldo Santiago Lavandero, a noted theater personality of the time. A few months later, Rondón debuted at the UPR theater's Romeo y Julieta (Romeo and Juliet) production.

Acting teacher During 1990, Rondón, along with Herman O' Neill (another popular Puerto Rican actor of the era), opened an acting school.